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Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone.
The Battle of Molinella: The first battle in Italy in which firearms are used extensively.
Hillary Clinton becomes the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.
Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is established by Nelson Dewey, first Governor of Wisconsin.
Liberia declares its independence from the United States. France and the United Kingdom are the first to recognize the new nation.
First day of the three-day Battle of Dervenakia, between the Ottoman Empire force led by Mahmud Dramali Pasha and the Greek Revolutionary force led by Theodoros Kolokotronis.
The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
First Fitna: In the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I.
Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).